Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve 14 Public Beta 6 Available for Download

Blackmagic Design just released Public Beta Update 6 for both DaVinci Resolve Studio 14 and the free DaVinci Resolve 14. The latest beta release adds basic support for audio playback from nested timelines and compound clips, along with support for decoding MTS files with AC-3 audio.

It also adds the ability to render multiple audio busses on the Deliver page, support for additional metadata in Cinema DNG and QuickTime files, support for RED Wide Gamut colour space and Log3G10 gamma (IPP2 users will love this) in DaVinci Resolve Colour Management, and other general performance and stability improvements.

DaVinci Resolve 14 Studio includes all the features of the free version plus dozens of Resolve FX filters including advanced facial recognition and enhancement tools, multi user collaboration, 4K and higher output at frame rates up to 120fps, motion blur effects, temporal and spatial noise reduction, 3D tools and more.

The full version requires a DaVinci Resolve dongle, but at least it costs only $299/£239.

Summary of New Functionality in Resolve 14 Beta 6:

Basic support for audio playback from nested timelines and compound clips in the timeline

Support for rendering multiple buses in the Deliver page

Support for AC-3 audio in MTS and Quicktime files on Windows and Mac

Support for additional clip metadata in CinemaDNG files, including shutter, ISO, focal length and lens information

Support for viewing location metadata for QuickTime clips with geotagging

Support for viewing location metadata on Blackmagic Design CinemaDNG clips

Addressed an issue with the ResolveFX match move plugin where on-screen controls temporarily became unresponsive after loading a saved project

Addressed an issue where having both the Gallery and OpenFX visible in low resolution screens led to overlapping UI elements

Addressed an issue where dragging bins between media pool windows would not work

Addressed an issue where changes to a clip’s Dynamic Zoom would not invalidate its render cache

Addressed an issue where searching Media Pool entries by marker notes would cause a crash

Addressed an issue where floating Media Pool windows may be hidden under the main window when switching applications in Linux and Windows

Addressed an issue where navigating using arrow-keys in the Media Pool would not work correctly

Addressed an issue in Linux where Resolve would not respond after opening a Fusion Connect clip till Fusion was closed

Addressed an issue where the alpha channel for DNxHR 444 Quicktime clips would not be rendered on Windows and Linux

Addressed an issue where Resolve would sometimes crash on exit after opening some H.264 clips

Addressed an issue where stills would not get copied and saved correctly when performing a Save As on a project

Addressed an issue where playing back 23.976 fps clips in the Colour page would give a warning about non-native video rates

Addressed an issue where a disconnected PostgreSQL database would show as incompatible

Addressed an issue where some render jobs would incorrectly warn of insufficient write permissions

Addressed an issue where copying a clip in media management copied all mattes in the project

Addressed an issue where Revert to Save would sometimes lead to a crash

Addressed an issue where the sources for an HDRx clip were inverted when grading the clip in a group

General performance and stability improvements

Resolve 14 is getting better and better and with Beta 6 it looks like Blackmagic Design are ever so closer to a much more stable release. And while we await the official public release of Resolve 14 to go out of beta, you can check out my review of the awesome Blackmagic Design Micro Panel for Resolve right here.

And for those of you, who are like and are learning how to grade and edit in Resolve, I highly recommend checking out some of the excellent free (and paid) DaVinci Resolve online training courses currently on sale in our online shop here.